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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does Ennis have to work to get the sheep back where they belong after not returning to them one night?

2. What state did Ennis's hometown border?

3. What does Jack note when watching Ennis undress before he washed himself after the first night he spent out with the sheep?

4. Why does Ennis decide not to go back to the sheep one night after he had moved his camp further away from the main camp?

5. With whom does Ennis think he might have to stay with at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ennis feel when riding back to his camp after an evening of whiskey and stories with Jack?

2. Where does Ennis say he will sleep the first night he stays at the main camp and how does Jack respond?

3. What happens to the sheep one night in August when Ennis stayed at the main camp with Jack?

4. What year do Ennis and Jack meet? Where and why?

5. Where do Ennis and Alma move to after their first daughter is born and what does he do for work?

6. Why does Ennis decide to stay at the main camp on the first night that he does not return to the sheep?

7. Who does Ennis think he may have to stay with after moving off the ranch at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?

8. How does Ennis react when Jack tries to move Ennis's hand to his penis while they are in the tent together?

9. Why does Ennis offer to take Jack's place and sleep with the sheep at Brokeback Mountain?

10. Where were Ennis and Jack born and what types of families did they come from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining Brokeback Mountain as a symbol in "Brokeback Mountain." What scenes take place directly in Brokeback Mountain? What is the context? What other moments in the story is Brokeback Mountain referenced? How does this place develop the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Proulx's decision to tell the story using third person omniscient point-of-view. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about Annie Proulx's decision to write a story with two protagonists, Jack and Ennis. Do you agree with this choice? How would the story be different if the focus was on either Jack or Ennis?

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